Katana Jig Ai

Recorded at Sear Sound, New York City in October 2016. Mixed and Mastered at West End Sound, New York City in October and November 2016. Remastered at Onkio Haus, Tokyo.

Tracks 1, 7 recorded live at Billboard Live, Osaka on June 24, 2022. Tracks 8 to 10 recorded live at Tokyo Blue Note on July 2, 2022. Track 2 to 6 recorded live at Ajioka Civic Center, Aichi on July 3, 2022. Commemorating the 10th anniversary of Ai Kuwabara's debut.

Tarleton's Jig - Elizabethan Street Songs (2008) {Globe Editions GE 002}
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© 2008 Globe Editions | GE 002
Classical / Folk / Renaissanse / Early Music / English Folk

Elizabethan Street Songs is a new approach in the way early music has hitherto been presented and performed and heralds the first music release of Shakespeare’s Globe new record label, Globe Editions. Entertainment, innovation and excellence lie at the very heart of this release. Capturing the earthy atmosphere of 16th & 17th Century street life, with jigs, ballads and bawdy songs Elizabethan Street Songs is an authentic collection of music performed by acclaimed early music band Tarleton’s Jig.

The Dancing Master (first edition: The English Dancing Master) is a dancing manual containing the music and instructions for English Country Dances. It was published in several editions by John Playford and his successors from 1651 until c1728. The first edition contained 105 dances with single line melodies; subsequent editions introduced new songs and dances, while dropping others, and the work eventually encompassed three volumes. Dances from The Dancing Master were re-published in arrangements by Cecil Sharp in the early 20th century, and in these reconstructed forms remain popular among dancers today.

Led by Damien Guillon, twenty musicians (including six violins, two violas and a basso continuo) from the Banquet Céleste Ensemble fill the abbey Saint-Robert with a full and joyous sound. As is tradition at the festival, a few moments before the sacred opera, an instrumentalist plays the Ave Maris Stella, a piece for organ. This baroque masterpiece is based on the life, trials and tribulations of Mary Magdalene, which is brilliantly interpreted by the soprano Emmanuelle de Negri. Conductor and soloist, counter-tenor Damien Guillon ensures that the instrumentalists don’t overwhelm the ghostly singing in the delicate atmosphere.